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SHUMATE, Donald D - Date of
birth
23 March 1922 -
Age
22 - Place of
birth
Arkansas -
Hometown
Matthews, Faulkner County, Arkansas
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
18166991 -
Rank
Sergeant -
Function
Top Turret Gunner -
Unit
751st Bombardment Squadron,
457th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
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Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
13 January 1945 - Place of
death
Outskirts of Wörth am Rhein, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Edward E. Shumate (father)
Gwendolyn (Hammock) Shumate (mother)
Hazel O. Shumate (sister)
Edward D. Shumate (brother)
Vernelle E. Shumate (sister)
Ella A. (Howard) Shumate (wife)
Plane data
- Serial
number
43-38795 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Maximiliansau, Germany
MACR: 11586
More information
Sgt Donald D. Shumate was a retail manager before he volunteered for the Army of the United States in Little Rock, Arkansas on 13 October 1942.The airplane was hit by flak in bomb bay, exploded and crashed near Wörth am Rhein, Germany.
He is remembered at the Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Quitman, Faulkner County, Arkansas.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Mad Family Tree, www.fold3.com – MACR, www.findagrave.com – Albert Ledoux / Soul Seekers
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Denise Kellam / Wiccanwitch